Whilst I was initially skeptical about HTDA, I have to say this EP has really impressed me. What initially seemed out of place (e.g. Space in between abrupt ending) now makes sense.

Also, the start of Parasite makes me think "God Save the Queen" is about to start playing.

Okay for some reason the music really feels awesome if you listen whilst walking through a busy city centre.



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simonn posted:

Really liking Fur-lined, howeer, my wife has ruined that song for life for me. When she heard the original video clip a couple of weeks ago, she said that the keyboard part in the breakdown sounds like Ross Geller playing keyboards in Central Perk on Friends!

Liking the EP - look forward to a full album - and (small) UK tour next year!

I heard clip 04 in Fur Lined, and now BBB has clip 01 right?
and OMG A TOUR IN THE UK THEY'RE TOURING THE UK WTF!!! you've just made my day, if that's true.

Churchy posted:

Okay for some reason the music really feels awesome if you listen whilst walking through a busy city centre.

I agree. IT certainly does have that effect. Much like I'm Afraid of Americans, it makes me feel badass while walking. Like a murderous personal soundtrack.

If they do tour, let's speculate: what part do you think Trent would play? Do you think his main role would be guitarist, while Atticus primarily controls synths? It'd just be so interesting to watch an entire show where Trent's NOT at the front. I'd love to see one of these shows.

07121 posted:

Overall I am pleased and very grateful for the EP
and feel really glad about the darker side of things with The Space in Between
& Parasite coming through, a darker and more
sinister side that feels like old great Trent moments.

but I don't want to be sceptical or put a downer on some peoples thoughts and if
you are really enjoying everything that's cool

But I feel that since (& including) ghosts something hasn't been right...

It's just a new direction, nothing to worry about.



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I like it but I think the songs (esp. BBB and Parasite) would really benefit from the context of a LP.

DanielMcNinja posted:

...Now trent seems to just fill space with random, noisy shit which has no real pattern or sense to it. It's like someone recorded a person kicking the crap out of a keyboard or something.

where THE FUCK have you been the last 20 years?!! trent's been smashing the crap outta keyboards since back on the spiral tours, maybe even longer!

i think the patterns and order is still there in the chaos with recent songs, for me anyway, it's just not as precise as it's not all looped sounds anymore, only really beats & percussion are looped, the rest seems to be tweaking the fuck out of synths and getting patterns out of the improvised instruments a-la ghosts sessions.

i don't think it's gone, i just think it's different. i love what trent was doing with walls of loops and guitars and drums in the spiral days, but i'm really digging what he's doing now with walls of synth & guitar distortions and even though i do miss the massive layers of sounds of the fragile era... but that's nin...

i like the electronic feel of this project, and hope it moves more in that direction as it evolves, to further separate it from the current nails sound.

Just gave it a listen. Good stuff!



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simonn posted:

Calvinios posted:

simonn posted:

Really liking Fur-lined, howeer, my wife has ruined that song for life for me. When she heard the original video clip a couple of weeks ago, she said that the keyboard part in the breakdown sounds like Ross Geller playing keyboards in Central Perk on Friends!

Liking the EP - look forward to a full album - and (small) UK tour next year!

I heard clip 04 in Fur Lined, and now BBB has clip 01 right?
and OMG A TOUR IN THE UK THEY'RE TOURING THE UK WTF!!! you've just made my day, if that's true.

BBB is clip 1 yes.

No, I was hoping that they'll tour the UK, Trent's suggested they might tour (probably on a fairly limited capacity) once a full album's released, so I was letting him know (none-too-subtley) that we wanna show the band some love on this side of the pond. Sorry to get your hopes up!

I so agree that the UK needs some love! Especially if the BBC do end up producing the YZ thing, it will be like everyone who owns a TV in the UK and pays their licence fee will have part-funded Trent's project and we didn't even get a Lights in the Sky style show (I'm not really that bitter about that, well a little)

Spleen posted:

Anyone else finding it impossible to add the files to iTunes? I don't know what to do with those additional iTunes files that came with the EP :/

I had a bit of a faff with this, but I ended up able to inport the wav files to itunes where there was no labelling so I had to find the songs by song title and put the 'How to Destroy Angels' in separately using Get Info and manually changing it

I have the EP on repeat love it!
and I really love The Space In Between, and Parasite is cool too. I can't wait to get this on Vinyl.

I like the EP, though not in an "OMG THIS IS AMAZING" sense. Musically, they sound almost like repeats of past NIN songs and...shit, I dunno. I just don't feel it. I, also, don't find the vocals too appealing.

I think it just needs to grow on me.